Sunday, June 25, 2006

hotel keys

boy: the basketball game machine... i put a quarter in it and it didn't go.she: okay, here is another quarter, see if that works. if not, then don't play that game.

25 minutes later

boy: the game with the claw, i put in the dollar and it won't go in and the machine won't make the dollar into quarters any more, can i have some quarters.she: (hands him 4 quarters and takes the wrinkled dollar bill)

10 minutes later

boy: umm. do you have a ping pong ball?she: there are two orange ones on the rack near the table, with the paddlesboy: thank you

1 hour later

boy: the soda machine ate my dollarshe: machines get hungry sometimes too you knowboy (looks at she funny) (waits) can i have a dollar?she: are you going to share you drink with the machine?boy: noshe: (sighs) here's a dollar.

2 minutes later

boy: it ate it againshe: i told you, it's hungryboy: it's a soda machineshe: and?boy: can i have a dollar? again?she: (hands him another dollar)

p.s. true story, however, it was not the same boy each time, and i didn't time them to know how many minutes between them there was.